Ballot Beats: Cosying up in the Women’s Shed in Feakle & not daring to take on the teachers
CAMPAIGNS are in full flow across the county with such a short run-in till the November 29th General Election.
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Tony Killeen and Mike Taylor with Páraic McMahon. IT’S GAME on so far as the General Election is concerned with a record number of nineteen candidates in the field.
Clare to have record long ballot paper for General Election
*Photograph: John Mangan CLARE is to have its longest ever ballot paper for a General Election with a total of nineteen candidates already declared.
Change of heart for Cooney as he enters election race for Fine Gael
*Cllr Joe Cooney (FG). Photograph: Tom Micks CLLR JOE Cooney (FG) has changed his mind and is now going forward to contest the General Election in Co Clare.
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*Eugene Drennan, Geraldine Gregan and Páraic McMahon. FINE GAEL’s scramble to find a second General Election candidate in Clare continues as the field begins to firm up across the county.
Fine Gael scrambling for a second Dáil candidate in Clare
*Taoiseach Simon Harris (FG) with Cllr Pat Burke (FG). FINE GAEL are scrambling to field a second General Election candidate in Clare.
No Joe – Cooney confirms he will not be contesting General Election in blow for Fine Gael
*Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) is lifted shoulder high following his success in the local elections in June. Photograph: Joe Buckley. FINE GAEL have been dealt a setback in Clare after Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) has turned down an offer to run for the party in the General Election.
‘We all miss PJ Kelly’ – Council meeting adjourned as politicians remember Lissycasey native
*Mourners at the funeral of PJ Kelly in Lissycasey. Photograph: Tom Micks MONDAY’s meeting of Clare County Council was fully adjourned as a mark of respect to the late PJ Kelly (FF).
Quin staircase ‘a general nuisance’ as fresh calls made for its removal
*It is not possible to access the staircase via the local primary school in Quin. A QUIN staircase has been labelled as “a general nuisance” amid calls for its removal.
East Clare ‘seriously depleted’ of Council maintenance staff
*Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF) once again flagged the lack of Council staff in East Clare. Photograph: Eamon Ward EAST CLARE is “seriously depleted” of maintenance staff working for Clare County Council.